Channel 13 reporter votes chareidi party despite threshold

Ariella Sternbach, Channel 13's correspondent for chareidi affairs, announced Tuesday that she is voting for HaTzibur HaChareidi, the new chareidi party led by Moti Litner. Sternbach said she knows the vote may not help the party cross the electoral threshold, but called it the most important vote she has ever cast.

"It's no secret that I've always voted for a right-wing party," Sternbach wrote. "This time my vote may go to waste, but it's the most important vote I've ever cast. It's a vote with a message for every citizen of the State of Israel."

"It's a vote for all the brilliant children in Beitar Illit, the city where I grew up, so they can take bagrut exams. It's a vote for Israel's economic future. It's a vote for my nephews, so their father does fewer reserve-duty days. It's a vote for all the fathers who want a pay slip and to give their children more."

She continued: "It's a vote for all my anonymous interviewees who couldn't raise their voices out loud. It's a vote for all the victims of Berland, Leifer and their kind, who were harmed by the conduct of the sector's leaders."

"It's a vote for everyone hiding a second phone and tired of concealing it. It's a vote for every chareidi who wants to feel prouder to be part of this amazing sector. It's a vote that every citizen in this country should support if we care about our security, economic and social future. Be'ezrat Hashem, we will do it and succeed."